This is a letter from "Punch" Imlach to Eddie Shack from 1965. My uncle has had it for decades, and recently made a copy of it and gave it to me.
He first showed it to me in the 90s and told me that his uncle had a used car lot in the Toronto area and found this in the glove box of one of the cars.
It's somewhat faded, but reads:
Mr. E. Shack,
Maple Leaf Gardens, Limited,
Toronto, Ont.,
Dear Mr. Shack:
This is to inform you that you have been fined the sum of $100.00 for failing to make cerfew on Monday March 29th at Dearborn Inn.
I take a dim view of this situation because of the upcoming playoffs and I want it on record and understood that if I catch you missing cerfew again you will no longer be employed by the Maple Leafs hockey club.
Yours truly,
G. Imlach,
General Manager.
by witwar101
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Eddie was out late giving free moustache rides in Dearborn heh
This is cool. Thanks for sharing!
The good ole days
100 bucks must have been a heck of a lot back then
That almost sounds like it was written by 1965 AI
Miss curfew once: $100 fine
Miss curfew twice: Fired
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“CERFEW” (sic) – twice! So professional….
Punch was a man of his word, spent 8 games in the minors the next season lol